The book con­sists of 52 chap­ters span­ning 622 pages. The full table of con­tents below shows its scope and the list of authors (a ver­i­ta­ble who’s who in statistics).

The His­tory of COPSS
A brief his­tory of the Com­mit­tee of Pres­i­dents of Sta­tis­ti­cal Soci­eties (COPSS) Ingram Olkin

Rem­i­nis­cences and Per­sonal Reflec­tions on Career Paths
Rem­i­nis­cences of the Colum­bia Uni­ver­sity Depart­ment of Math­e­mat­i­cal Sta­tis­tics in the late 1940s Ingram Olkin
A career in sta­tis­tics Her­man Cher­noff”… how won­der­ful the field of sta­tis­tics is …” David R. BrillingerAn unortho­dox jour­ney to sta­tis­tics: Equity issues, remarks on mul­ti­plic­ity Juliet Pop­per Shaf­fer
Sta­tis­tics before and after my COPSS Prize Peter J. BickelThe acci­den­tal bio­sta­tis­tics pro­fes­sor Donna Bro­ganDevel­op­ing a pas­sion for sta­tis­tics Bruce G. Lind­sayReflec­tions on a sta­tis­ti­cal career and their impli­ca­tions R. Den­nis CookSci­ence mixes it up with sta­tis­tics Kathryn Roeder
Lessons from a twisted career path Jef­frey S. Rosen­thal
Pro­mot­ing equity Mary Gray

Per­spec­tives on the Field and Pro­fes­sionSta­tis­tics in ser­vice to the nation Stephen E. Fien­bergWhere are the majors? Iain M. John­stoneWe live in excit­ing times Peter HallThe bright future of applied sta­tis­tics Rafael A. IrizarryThe road trav­elled: From a sta­tis­ti­cian to a sta­tis­ti­cal sci­en­tist Nilan­jan Chat­ter­jeeReflec­tions on a jour­ney into sta­tis­ti­cal genet­ics and genomics Xihong Lin
Reflec­tions on women in sta­tis­tics in Canada Mary E. Thomp­son“The whole women thing” Nancy Reid
Reflec­tions on diver­sity Louise Ryan